News tagged with biological relatives

Why not marry your cousin? Millions do

The health risks of marrying a cousin have been grossly overstated, says a new book.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (11) | comments 20

The role of inbreeding in the extinction of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty

The powerful Habsburg dynasty ruled Spain and its empire from 1516 to 1700 but when King Charles II died in 1700 without any children from his two marriages, the male line died out and the French Bourbon dynasty came to power ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2




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Change in developmental timing was crucial in the evolutionary shift from dinosaurs to birds: study

At first glance, it's hard to see how a common house sparrow and a Tyrannosaurus Rex might have anything in common. After all, one is a bird that weighs less than an ounce, and the other is a dinosaur that ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study uncovers secret to speedy burrowing by razor clams

(Phys.org) -- If you look at a razor burrowing clam sitting in a bucket, you’d never guess that it could burrow itself down into the soil, much less do it with any speed. Razor clams look like fat straws, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Is a classical electrodynamics law incompatible with special relativity?

(Phys.org) -- The laws of classical electromagnetism that were developed in the 19th century are the same laws that scientists use today. They include Maxwell’s four equations along with the Lorentz la ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 43 | with audio podcast feature

Not a one-way street: Evolution shapes environment of Connecticut lakes

Environmental change is the selective force that preserves adaptive traits in organisms and is a primary driver of evolution. However, it is less well known that evolutionary change in organisms also trigger ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers uncover how plant skin is assembled

(Phys.org) -- For the first time, scientists have identified how a plant's skin is assembled.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Does polyploidy play a role in the onset of the Italian endemic flora?

Besides the obvious differences between plants and animals, subtle ones lie concealed within the cell, even within the nucleus. In both plant and animal cells, the nucleus contains DNA, which condenses into ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mapping the genomes of crocodiles and alligators -- It's not for the faint of heart

(Phys.org) -- David Ray never turns his back on his research, and with good reason! "If it can't bite you, it's not interesting," he jokes.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Data in the fast lane

A new approach to managing data over a network has enabled a Microsoft Research team to set a speed record for sifting through, or “sorting,” a huge amount of data in one minute.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers establish how super strong insect legs are

(Phys.org) -- Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have shown that insects are made from one of the toughest natural materials in the world. The study’s findings have been recently published in the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Central nervous system stem cells shed light on mechanism that controls asymmetrical division

Animals consist of many distinct cell types, all of which originate during development from a single cell: the fertilized egg. To generate this vast cellular diversity, the egg and its descendants must divide ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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